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Video Card News |
Thursday, 30.10.2008 |
HIS ATI Radeon HD 4830 512MB Graphics Card Review
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When you look at the Radeon HD 4830 in isolation, only comparing it to what Nvidia has on the market at the moment, it's a pretty good buy if you only care about frame rates in games, but unfortunately the world doesn't work that way. There's a certain card called the Radeon HD 4850, which is not on...
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Sapphire Radeon HD 4650 512MB Overclock Edition Review
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Review of the Sapphire Radeon HD 4650 512MB Overclock Edition Video Card. I recently reviewed Sapphire's Radeon HD 4670, ATI's upper-end mainstream card. Today I will be looking at one of its little brothers, the HD 4650. Using the same concept as the 4870 and 4850, the 4650 uses the same GPU as the...
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MSI HD4670 Video Card Review
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The mid-range video card segment has been booming lately compared to just a few years ago when the HD 2600 and GeForce 8600 series were launched by ATI and Nvidia respectively. There was a huge gap then between the mid-range cards and the much more expensive high-end cards. This hole is being filled...
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BFG Tech GeForce GTX 260 OCX Graphics Card Review
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Not too long ago BFG Tech thought that it was time to kick it up a notch and expand upon the popular OC line it already had. Expanding that line, two new OC variants were created; the OC2 which helped knock up clock speeds a bit more than the standard OC models and the OCX which was designed to offe...
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MSI N9800GT GeForce 9800 GT 512MB Video Card Review
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The MSI N9800GT 512M OC is a factory overclocked GeForce 9800 GT graphics card that has an improved cooling solution. This sub 120 USD graphics card has a core clock frequency of 660MHz and the 512MB GDDR3 frame buffer runs at 1900MHz. This is a nice bump up from the factory clocked cards that are 6...
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Gainward GeForce GTX 260 Review
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Review of the Gainward GeForce GTX 260 Standard Version with GT200 at 576MHz and 896MB 512bit GDDR3 at 1998MHz. Welcome to the world of Gainward, a world beyond your senses! Gainward is a world leading producer of high-quality, high-end 3D accelerators for the personal computer market. Wasn't it rea...
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Asus 9800GT Matrix Videocard Review
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We got Asus latest 9800GT Matrix card on the bench with DirectX 10 support and 512 mb DDR3 video memory so this should be a interesting review as we are going to compare it vs some other high performing cards on the market right now.
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Sapphire 4870 Toxic Edition Tested
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We bring to you the newest version of Sapphires HD4870, the Toxic Edition. This card should be the best single 4870 on the market, but can it compete on the same level as nVidias GTX280 and for half the price?
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ATi Radeon HD 4830 and nVIDIA GeForce 9800GT Compared
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The fact is that nVIDIA these days lives on its reputation, considering that except for GTX280 and GTX260 their place is reserved for the top of offer, nVIDIA doesn't have anything new to show. Besides, trend of renaming the products becomes a bit irritating habit, cause real new product from sub 25...
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ATI Catalyst 8.10 XP and Vista Analysis
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No thanks to a move from one end of Australia to the other, I'm running a bit late this month with our Catalyst Driver Analysis. But like a wise man once said, it's better late than never. With no promises made in the release notes as to any performance improvements, I'm not going to sit back and dr...
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ECS Hydra 9800 GTX+ and Zotac GeForce 9800 GTX Zone Edition Tested
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Today we'll examine a GeForce 9800 GTX graphics card from Zotac that has a unique cooling system and the Hydra kit from ECS that offers two GeForce 9800 GTX+ cards, a customized liquid cooling system from Thermaltake and an expansion unit with a heatsink, liquid container, and pump. Note that the fo...
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ECS GeForce 9800 GTX+ Hydra Liquid Cooled SLI Kit Review
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The ECS GeForce 9800 GTX+ Hydra consists of a twin pack of GeForce 9800 GTX+ cards combined with a ThermalTake BigWater 760is liquid-cooling kit. It's possibly the first of its kind to include two graphics cards and a liquid-cooling kit, all in one box.
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Misc News |
Wednesday, 29.10.2008 |
Smooth Creations Smoothbook Slice Tested
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The choice in netbooks used to be slim, but that's far from being the case today. With all the competition, companies have to be creative in how they design their product, and in the case of Smooth Creation's Smoothbook Slice, how they differentiate themselves is in the look.
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Nova Microtech Mousepad Review
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Today, I get the pleasure of checking out the Nova MicroTech gaming mousepad. Compared to some of Nova's other mousepads, the MicroTech is a bit smaller than others. For that reason, I decided to check this one out using my laptop and wireless mouse.
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Atomic Bass for iPhone with Mic Review
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Today we are looking at the Atomic Bass earphones with Mic for the Apple iPhone and iPhone 3G. The headset has the same great bass as the normal Atomic Bass earphones. The difference is the inclusion of a mic for iPhone users so calls can be answered from the earphones. Overall quality for the devic...
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Tagan Icybox IB-NAS4220-B Dual Bay NAS Review
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Tagan is more well-known for its cases and cooling devices, but it also has a line of network-attached storage devices. The Icybox IB-NAS4220-B is a dual bay NAS capable of RAID0, RAID1, and JBOD storage configurations, and has two USB ports for extra hard drives or a printer. While not the fastest ...
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Video Card News |
Wednesday, 29.10.2008 |
Intel X4500HD Versus ATI HD 4830 Blu-Ray Performance Tested
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Now that HD DVD is a thing of the past all focus has turned to Blu-Ray playback, which is what LR will be taking a closer look at today. We take the Intel DG45ID motherboad with Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500HD and compare it to a Radeon HD 4830 graphics card to see how it would impact CPU p...
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AMD ATI Radeon HD 4830 Mainstream GPU Tested
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Since the RV770 GPU's initial arrival, we have seen the technology used in the GPU creep up and down AMD's product stack. At first, the RV770 powered only the ATI Radeon HD 4850 and 4870, but soon thereafter two RV770's were linked together to form the current flagship Radeon HD 4870 X2, and then th...
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AMD ATI Radeon HD 4830 512M Video Card Tested
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AMD launches their new HD 4830 Series. The cards come with a reduced shader count of 640 and lower clocks to fit into the 100 to 150 USD segment. In our testing we saw amazing overclocking of over 30 percent which should bring the card much closee to more expensive solutions.
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AMD Radeon HD 4830 512MB Graphics Card Review
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The ATI Radeon HD 4830 graphics card is the latest addition to the award winning ATI Radeon HD 4800 series lineup and comes packed with the power and premium features you need to take gaming to the extreme. AMD has done a great job bringing the Radeon HD 4000 series to market and they now offer a pr...
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ATI HD4830 versus MSI N9800GT Compared
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The ATI HD 4830 was officially launched mere moments ago. What's it all about? Well, if there is one hole in ATI's video card line-up, it is in the 100 to 150 USD range. Today's HD 4830 will be selling initially for 129 USD, pitting it squarely up against our second contender - one we've yet to have...
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Zotac GeForce GTX 260 AMP2 Edition Tested
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 260 AMP2 Edition graphics solution reputedly takes the GTX 260 to the next level of performance primarily due to NVIDIA's second generation architecture coupled the addition of 24 streaming processors, upping the total to 216.
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PowerColor Radeon HD 4830 512 MB Review
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PowerColor's new HD 4830 features the same 640 shader pipes as the AMD reference design, but comes with a big dual-slot cooler. Also new is a native HDMI output which supports HDCP and 7.1 channel audio. Thanks to a PowerColor designed PCB the card will retail about 10 USD cheaper than the reference...
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MSI Geforce 9600 GT 1Gb Hybrid Freezer VGA Review
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The MSI N9600GT Hybrid Freezer is equipped with 1Gb DDR3 memory and features an unique cooling solution which works passively when in 2D mode, and only makes noise when running 3D applications or games. MSI overclocked the GPU and Shader for increased performance, let's find out how it compares to a...
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Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD4850 Videocard Review
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Overall, Sapphire's attempt to make an already fast card pack even more punch while keeping it cool and quiet can easily be summed to be a success. Sapphire's TOXIC HD4850 version blends a good amount of looking cool while running remarkably cool as well.
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Zotac GeForce GTX 260 AMP2 Edition Graphics Card Review
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Zotac's GeForce GTX 260 AMP2 Edition is a pretty good card in many respects, because it delivers good performance across the board and you'll get class-leading performance in games like Crysis and there's also an increasing push from Nvidia on things like PhysX and CUDA - features that will enable y...
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ASUS EN9800GTX+ 512MB Dark Knight Review
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Need a new mid-range GPU for under 200 USD NVIDIA's 9800 GTX+ is a good model to keep in mind, and ASUS' Dark Knight card in particular proves to be one well-worth considering. The card offers great gaming performance for the cash, even handling certain games at 2560x1600 with ease, has a sweet-look...
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